Museum of Comparative Zoology

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Official feed of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, a private center for research and education at Harvard University. Exhibits of MCZ specimens

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  1. New publication from the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, "Wilmot W. Brown: One of the most prolific collectors of the vertebrate fauna of the New World", available for download at . Image by author Kevin B. Clark,

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  2. Applications for spring semester GUR grants (awarded to Harvard undergraduates working on faculty-supervised research) are due February 4! More information on our website, . Image: Anole by Christian Perez, during a GUR-supported trip to Costa Rica

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  3. New research from MCZ Faculty-Curator Naomi Pierce and collaborators

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  5. As people celebrate Chinese New Year 2020, the Year of the Rat, we thought we would share a Rattus rattus from our collection. This mounted specimen was collected in the 19th century from South Africa.

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  6. The MCZ is looking for a Vertebrate Paleontology Technician and Preparator for . More information at . Visit for a glimpse into our fossil collections.

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    A warm to 's newest member, Collections Manager Christina Byrd! Joining us from the , she is excited about digitization and working with a historic collection!

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  8. is hosting two students enrolled in the January term course, Museum Collections Care. Tara Pawley and Danielle Lavoie are accessioning parasites from mammals in and assessing, labeling and rehousing American wolf spiders

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    This little Jurassic , Selenisca gratiosa, was collected in the 1800s before making its way to America and becoming lost. It was found again in the collections in 2012, marking its incorporation back into the known scientific sphere!

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  10. The 2018-2019 Annual Report of the MCZ is now available on our website, . Thanks to for the wonderful cover image!

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  11. Alana Rivera, working in , drew this festive hermit crab with attending anemone friends. The whelk Buccinum undatum (the shell) invites anemone friends on their shells. Both benefit and are better protected from predators this way.

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  12. Congratulations to Stephanie Pierce, MCZ Faculty-Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, recipient of the 2019 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching for her exceptional teaching in introductory science courses!

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  13. With profound sadness, we note the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Jim McCarthy, on December 11th after a protracted illness. The MCZ community is greatly diminished by his loss, and we will all feel Jim’s absence deeply.

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  14. Here is postdoc Flavia Termignoni Garcia's "lab bench" set up in the Yucatan Peninsula. Flavia received a Putnam Expedition grant to study cooperative breeding in birds, collecting high quality, RNA-grade tissue samples.

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  15. New paper out on fossil nervous tissues! Available as open access, supported by the MCZ Wetmore Colles Fund.

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  17. MCZ Ernst Mayr Travel Grant recipient traveled to the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen to work on the taxonomy of mycophagous rove beetles. Image of the aedeagus, the male reproductive organ of a species she is currently revising.

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  18. The MCZ is delighted to announce the 2020 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Postdoctoral Fellow, Diego Francisco Biston Vaz ! Sponsored by , he will apply morphology in conjunction to molecular data to clarify the taxonomy of dwarfgobies.

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  19. Research from MCZ Postdoctoral Fellow and colleagues featured in the New York Times! When Snakes Had Use for a Pair of Legs

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    26. stu 2019.

    Look at this beautiful Eskimo Curlew drawn by Karie O'Donnell. She gifted it to after using specimens to perfect her rendition. Thank you!

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